Saving Salmo Salar, the King of Fish

More important than a food source or as a sport fish, the Atlantic salmon is deeply engrained in the culture of every country it has inhabited.
There was a time when communities were reliant on these magnificent fish for their own survival but now the tables have turned and we need to save them from the very real threat of extinction.
In some North American, Norwegian and Scottish rivers the rate of their demise has worsened significantly in the past few years and immediate action needs to be taken to halt this rapid decline.
The North Atlantic Salmon Fund (NASF) strives to find effective practical solutions, where possible, to help conserve stocks by establishing and maintaining commercial fishing agreements to eliminate netting at sea and addressing the management of salmon in freshwater.
Read Saving Salmo Salar, the King of Fish in the Huffington Post article:http://www.huffingtonpost.com/orri-vigfasson/saving-salmo-salar-the-king-of-fish_b_7521498.html

Can you help?
NASF, the North Atlantic Salmon Fund, is an international coalition of voluntary private sector conservation groups who have come together to restore stocks of wild Atlantic salmon to their historic abundance. To discover more about the work of the NASF please contact Orri Vigfússon by email nasf@vortex.is or visit the website www.nasfworldwide.com

ILLEGAL FISHING, POLLUTION AND RIVER BLOCKAGES

If you see any fishing, netting or trapping that is illegal, please don’t tackle it yourself. Also should you find a pollution or evidence of pollution, or find a significant blockage to a river structure such as a bridge, hatch or weir, take location (ideally a grid reference) and brief description of the problem. For all the above contact the Environment Agency on 0800 80 70 60. Then additionally ask for feedback and give a number and/or chairman’s e-mail. This helps improve their response.
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